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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1970
Page
3
A ferry with 56 aboard sank after hitting a sand bar two miles off Beira harbor in Mozambique. Early reports say at least 12 passengers drowned with the death toll expected to rise as rescuers search the wreck.
Teeming Los Angeles County faces growth dangers, with a 122 page Environmental Development Guide from the Regional Planning Commission labeling the area over crowded and under housed. It calls for cheap yet aesthetic housing, stricter pollution controls, noise management, and preservation of open space to curb rising costs and urban sprawl.
Stockton officers Robert DeDios and John Wilson were wounded by a sniper at a Mexican American dance while on off duty crowd control. Rodrick Serrano, 19, of Stockton was charged with assault with intent to commit murder as 13 youths were detained after a crowd gathered and shouted obscenities. Wilson and DeDios received treatment and were released from hospital. ELKINS WV pumpkin weighs 240 pounds in year’s contest and another prize pumpkin weighs 27 pounds.
In Croton on Hudson New York Manson attacked the judge with three deputies restraining him. The courtroom scene included three female followers Susan Atkins Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel sitting quietly as Manson shouted for Christian justice and the head to be cut off. A funeral for Alfred Sheppard Dashiell Readers Digest editor followed in Croton.
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